This article comes from our Q3 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

A landlord receiving a writ of restitution is among the worst outcomes for a tenant in eviction court, as it authorizes a sheriff deputy to forcefully remove the tenant and their possessions from their home. This destabilizing, traumatic, and harmful scenario is distressingly too common in Dane County: 471 households have had writs issued against them since 2023, accounting for roughly 13% of all evictions filed during this period.

This article comes from our Q3 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

The Tenant Resource Center and EDDP provide a wide variety of services to landlords and tenants, whether they’re currently facing eviction or simply have questions about their rights and responsibilities. In previous articles, we’ve discussed these services in detail (see “An Overview of the EDDP’s Services” and “New Partnerships in Sun Prairie” from our 2023 Year End Report for more details). However, this article highlights all of the services provided by our staff from the point an eviction action is filed in court up until the first hearing date.

This article comes from our Q3 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, there are some important impacts to households facing eviction and housing instability in this otherwise joyous time of year. Below is a listing of changes to the court schedule and the Tenant Resource Center’s services in the coming months.

This article comes from our Q3 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

The eviction process can be fraught and complicated under any set of circumstances. However, with non-profit and subsidized rental units, this process can at times be even more complicated for tenants and service providers.

Click here to view the published copy of our Q2 2024 EDDP Report covering April-June 2024.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Over 86% of households facing eviction in the past 3 months had their cases dismissed due to the efforts of the EDDP.

New eviction filings slowed in Dane County this past quarter, but court activity and court dates reached a post-pandemic high, according to the latest eviction court data. This suggests that the slight decrease in new filings is at least, in part, explained by increasing numbers of cases that are ongoing through the eviction process.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Navigating the legal system after receiving an eviction filing is already a difficult task. This challenge can become even more insurmountable when part of your landlord’s eviction filing consists of junk fees or charges that are not your responsibility under the rental agreement. These fees make it even more difficult for tenants to obtain and maintain stable, affordable housing. Examples of such fees include nonrefundable deposits, convenience fees, punitive charges, court costs, or excessive late fees.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

A significant group of tenants in Dane County are subject to frequent, repeated, and harmful eviction filings by their landlord, Tenant Resource Center data shows. More than a quarter of all tenants who have faced eviction since 2023 have been brought to court by the same landlord at least once before.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Stipulated dismissal agreements can be an effective and mutually beneficial way for a landlord and tenant to resolve an eviction, but these agreements are frequently unfair, unrealistic and coercive to tenants – and ultimately result in an eviction judgment, a TRC analysis shows.

This article comes from our Q2 2024 EDDP report, which you can view here.

Eviction is a devastating but poorly understood reality for hundreds of families in Dane County each year. A new Tenant Resource Center eviction map, utilizing data that has never been publicly available, uncovers where tenants face eviction and which communities are most frequently targeted by landlords.